Example sentences of "but we can [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is a take away , but we can treat it , take away three is the same as add minus three . |
| 2 | God 's power resent with us in the here and now , we ca n't see it but we can feel it . |
| 3 | We can not change our outer situation , but we can change our attitude to it , which makes all the difference in the world . |
| 4 | But we can stop him , I think , Watson . ’ |
| 5 | Of the three dissolved oxygen is the most important factor , but we can ignore none . |
| 6 | Erm , and so too our body has got stuck on our soul erm but we can shed it again erm to find our inner self . |
| 7 | ‘ Only God can make a tree , ’ he said , ‘ but we can give him a hand now and then . |
| 8 | ‘ What we have said in the McFarlane Report is that people are calling for the earth , we ca n't give it all but we can give them a substantial part . |
| 9 | But we can give you a paragraph in the morning edition . ’ |
| 10 | But we can check your story later — find witnesses who saw you leave Cipriani 's . |
| 11 | For we may not be able to control the behaviour or attitudes of others , but we can modify our own responses . |
| 12 | But we can make her look part of the magic theme . |
| 13 | A concern for nonhuman animals is indeed a proper part of human life , but we can acquire it , cultivate it , and teach it only in terms of our understanding of our selves . |
| 14 | The association and others criticise what I describe as independent inspectors , but we can reassure them in the Bill and elsewhere by showing how powerful HMI will be in ensuring that standards are up to the required level . |
| 15 | ‘ But we can hold him for a while yet . |
| 16 | Yes , she 'll be loaded now , but we can hold her in Bilbao . |
| 17 | The system operates autonomously but we can link it and our other ADI systems to produce information like correlations between Hay/MSL points and salaries paid . |
| 18 | We can not turn back physically and become nomads , but we can do what is almost as good , we can become spiritual nomads . |
| 19 | We ca n't get rid of the horror and the fears , but we can do something to increase our competence in dealing with it and facing it , which I think is a healthier way than freezing , flying away from it , or fighting it . |
| 20 | It will not however be easy — in fact we need to assume it 's going to be as difficult as this year , — but we can do it ! |
| 21 | So , it is n't as if we 're saying , erm maths has always been taught quite well but we can do it better . |
| 22 | I do n't know how fresh it is , even with this rain , but we can boil everything . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ But we can afford nowt else , sorry . |
| 24 | But we can say nothing to these things you know Jackson , we must jog on and be content with the jingling of the bells , only d — it , I hate a dust , and kicking up a dust , and being confined in harness while others ride in the waggon , under cover , stretching their legs in the straw at ease , and gazing at green trees and blue skies without half my Taste . |
| 25 | Not only can we use the considerable buying power of Guinness to get the best prices , but we can use our knowledge of suppliers all over the world to ensure the highest quality product . |
| 26 | But we can put it right , ’ he said coaxingly . |
| 27 | This remark did not go down well with Alcuin , who thought he was being criticized , but we can see what it meant to the late ninth-century writer who reported it . |
| 28 | Erm probably about sort of four or five would be ideal but we can see what we can do with about maybe three or something like that . |
| 29 | That 's where they should be , but we can see them lurking up the top there there 's |
| 30 | We can not unmake the technologies or the knowledge-bases that have been produced , but we can channel them to more effective and worthwhile use . |